The 3 Biggest Events This Week in B2B

Geoff Short
Nov 3, 2019
Anderson Cooper AT&T Business Summit Energy Storage North America Healthcare Design Expo MarketScale Michelle Obama microsoft

It’s hard to believe it’s already November, but as the year winds down the industry event calendar is still bringing the energy.

From November 5-7, Energy Storage North America will take place in San Diego, California.

The conference will cover everything from the basics of battery safety and best practices as well as financing strategies.

It’s another big week for the medical space as well. Healthcare Design Expo kicks off on November 2 and runs through November 5 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Check out the latest episode of Marketscale Mornings, where we spoke with Jason Pierret, Director of Vertical Sales at Clarus, who gave us his thoughts on the upcoming event.

In Dallas, Texas, AT&T is hosting its Business Summit from November 4-7. The event will cover everything from 5G to cybersecurity and the speaker list is equally diverse.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will speak, as will former First Lady Michelle Obama, CNN host Anderson Cooper and Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

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